Qín Guān 秦觀 (1049–1100, zì Shàoyóu 少游, also zì Tàixū 太虛, hào Huáihǎi jūshì 淮海居士), of Yángzhōu Gāoyóu 揚州高郵 (modern Jiāngsū). One of the Sūmén sìxuéshì 蘇門四學士 (with Huáng Tíngjiān, Zhāng Lěi, Cháo Bǔzhī). Yuánfēng 8 / 1085 jìnshì. The most famous cí-poet of the Northern Sòng wǎnyuē (delicate-restrained) school — Qín’s cí corpus (Huáihǎi cí, separately) is canonical. His prose composition received Sū Shì 蘇軾 蘇軾’s praise yǒu Qū Sòng cái (has the talent of Qū Yuán and Sòng Yù); his poetry by Wáng Ānshí 王安石 王安石’s endorsement qīngxīn sì Bào Xiè (clear-fresh resembling Bào Zhào and Xiè Língyùn). Career: Tàixué bóshì; Mìshūshěng zhèngzì. Under Shàoshèng placed on the proscription list and demoted to Hángzhōu tōngpàn; further demoted on charges of altering the Shénzōng shílù; banished to Chénzhōu → Héngzhōu → Léizhōu. Recalled in early Huīzōng (1100) — died en route at Téngzhōu; the famous account of his last moments — composing his own wǎncí (mourning lyric) in advance, drinking a glass of water, smiling and dying — is in Sòngshǐ Wényuàn zhuàn. Sòngshǐ 444. Two younger brothers Qín Dí 秦覿 (zì Shàozhāng 少章) and Qín Gòu 秦覯 (zì Shàoyí 少儀) also writers. The Huáihǎi jí 淮海集 KR4d0091 in 40 juǎn preserves his prose-and-poetry corpus.